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• 77 environmental organizations call for measures against asbestos threat in earthquake-hit areas 

  Environmental organizations warn that the earthmoving work in the earthquake zones may lead to a threat of asbestos and harmful substances, and call for urgent measures to be taken.
• HDP: Government responsible for deaths from floods in earthquake-hit provinces 

  HDP offered its condolences to those who lost their lives in the floods caused by torrential rains in Kurdish provinces that were devastated by last month's earthquakes.
• Floods in North Kurdistan kill 14 people - UPDATE 

  In the Kurdish provinces of Adıyaman, Malatya and Urfa, floods have occurred after heavy rainfall, affecting mostly earthquake victims and killing 14 people.
• Danger of dust clouds in Hatay 

  Large clouds of dust are formed during rubble removal in Hatay, one of the cities hit by the earthquake last 6 February. Climate activist Melis Tantan warns of damage to health and criticizes the state's lack of planning.
• Tişrîn Dam back in operation 

  Tişrîn Dam started to work again on Wednesday after being stopped for a week. According to the new work program, there will be a reduction in the hours of electricity supplied to the region.
• Environmental organizations call for annulment of Erdogan's decree to "rebuild" earthquake zones 

  Various environmental organizations declared that Turkish President Erdogan's decree to "rebuild" earthquake zones was based on corruption.
• Tishrin Dam to be suspended for a week due to Turkish reduction of water flow 

  The Turkish state, which has been using the Euphrates water as a weapon against the Syrians for years, cuts off the waters flowing into Iraq and Syria to a large extent.
• Solidarity Economy Association releases video about Confederalism 

  The Solidarity Economy Association has released a video about Confederalism.
• Turkey continues to use water as a war weapon against NE Syria regions 

  The water level of the Euphrates River decreased significantly as the Turkish state started to use water flowing into Syria and Iraq as a war tool in violation of international conventions it signed.
• More farmers in Rojava switch to solar energy as an alternative to diesel generators 

  Despite war and constant attacks, the ecological development of Rojava continues to make progress. More and more agricultural workers are converting their irrigation systems from diesel to solar energy.
• The lack of snow in Serhat worries environmental associations and farmers 

  The lack of snow in the region of Serhat worries environmental associations and ecology activists as well as farmers.
• Turkish army is destroying environment 

  I am visiting the area from where the Turkish army had to retreat. It’s hard to find words for the destruction they left behind. The Turkish state's crime against the environment should be added to that of genocide.
• German police: Lützerath completely cleared up  

  German police said that Lützerath, which has been the scene of resistance by environmentalists and activists for days against the opening of new mines, has been completely cleared up.
• 207-year-old Khorenyan Armenian Primary School in Istanbul faces disappearance 

  The 207-year-old Khorenyan Armenian Primary School in Ayvansaray in Istanbul's Balat district is disappearing.
• Euphrates at risk of drying up 

  Imad Ubeyd from the administration board of the Euphrates dam near Hesekê underlined that the water level in the reservoir has fallen dramatically. If Turkey continues to block the water supply, irrigation and electricity supply will collapse.
• Zîlan River is being poisoned 

  Due to the dams, marble quarries and mines, the North Kurdish Zîlan River has become an ecological death zone. Mir Bahattin Demir from the Zîlan Ecology Platform reports high concentrations of heavy metals.
• Iraqi President: Turkey and Iran's water cuts pose a threat to Iraq's water security 

  Iraqi President Latif Rashid said that Turkey’s and Iran's water cuts pose a threat to his country’s water security, causing the water level to drop.
• Iraq's mighty river Tigris is drying up 

  It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. But today the Tigris is dying, AFP reports.
• Felled trees to be used for heating military bases in Şırnak 

  The forests in Northern Kurdistan are systematically cut down, through which paramilitaries earn vast sums of money. Some of the wood goes directly to military forts in the region and is burnt there for heating.
• The beauty of Hakkari mountains  

  In the mountains of Hakkari, despite the fact that it is autumn, all four seasons are experienced together.
• Pollution from oil production linked to increase in cancer rates in and around Basra 

  Iraqi Environment Minister Jassem al-Falahi acknowledged that pollution from oil production is the main cause of the increase in cancer rates in and around Basra.
• Surp Sarkis Armenian Church defies destruction 

  Surp Sarkis Armenian Church, which is located in the historical borough of Sur in Amed, defies destruction.
• Yet another dam to be built in Zap Valley 

  The AKP-MHP government is planning to build another security dam on Zap Valley where thousands of people make a living from agriculture and animal husbandry.
• 1200 families left their homes due to drought in southern Iraq 

  1,200 families have left marshlands and agricultural areas in the last six months due to drought and water shortages in the rural and poor province of Zikar in southern Iraq.
• Turkey accelerates ecocide in the Kurdish region 

  The AKP-MHP government is speeding up ecocide in the Kurdish region of the country. Trees have been felled massively in a village in Bingöl province for five months.